Lauren Tom

At 63 years old, Lauren Tom has this physical status:

Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress and voice actor.

Lena St. Clair of The Joy Luck Club, Julie in the NBC sitcom Friends, Dot's final season of Grace Under Fire, and the voices for both mother and daughter characters on two animated TV comedy series include: on Futurama as Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone, and on King of the Hill as Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone.

In the Disney Channel series Andi Mack, she plays Celia Mack.

Early life

Tom was born in Highland Park, Illinois, the niece of Nancy (née Dare) and Chan Tom, Jr. Their parents were born in Chicago, and their grandparents came from Kaiping, Guangdong, China.

She grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Highland Park.

Personal life

Tom was previously married to Glenn Lau-Kee. Curt Kaplan, a remarried actress, has since returned to the octagon. Both Tom and Kaplan's sons are married.

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Career

At the age of 17, Tom earned a spot with A Chorus Line and was cast in the show's Broadway production less than a year ago in the role of Connie. She received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway acting and appeared in the Broadway plays Hurlyburly and Doonesbury. She appeared in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore' at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

Tom appeared in films such as Nothing Lasts Forever, Wall Street, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Blue Steel. In the Robin Williams/Tim Robbins film Cadillac Man, her biggest role up until that time was as a waitress. This role lead to the appearance of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.

In 1993, Tom played a lead role in the film The Joy Luck Club, which went on to roles in other films including When a Man Loves a Woman and North.

Since the mid-1990s, Tom has concentrated mainly on voiceover work. She has appeared in a few live-action films, including the 2003 comedy Bad Santa and the critically acclaimed 2004 film In Good Company.

On The Facts of Life, Lauren Tom's first appearance on television was that of Miko Wakamatsu. Including women in trees, she appeared on The Equalizer, Catfish With Black Bean Sauce, 30, Life on the Street, Grace Under Fire, Friends, The Nanny, The Nanny, The Middle, DAG, Monk's Anatomy, The Closer, and Men in Trees. Linda Tran, the mother of prophet Kevin Tran, appeared on the 8th and the 9th seasons of the drama series Supernatural as her daughter. She appeared in the second season of Amazon Prime drama series Goliath in 2018.

Tom began singing in the animated film Superman: The Animated Series starring Angela Chen. She portrayed Dana Tan in Batman Beyond, Extreme Ghostbusters, and The Zeta Project before landing her regular roles on King of the Hill, where she played Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone and then Futurama, where she portrays Amy and Inez Wong.

Since first appearing in the Doonesbury musical in 1983, Tom has periodically voiced Honey Huan in media relevant to Doonesbury, most notably in a series of animated shorts satirizing the 2000 US presidential election.

She has also joined All Grown Up!, Rocket Power Max Steel, Handy Manny, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, Justice League Unlimited, Kim Possible, and Legion of Super Heroes.

Gizmo and Jinx on Teen Titans, Yan Lin, Susan, Alchemy on W.I.T.C.H., Tasumi, Jake Long, and As Joo Dee on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Bonnie Chang, Chuck Charles' co-anchor and "All Tied Up With a Boa," she also appeared in The Penguins of Madagascar as Chuck Charles' co-anchor.

She appeared on Song, Bai Li, and Ming on the animated film Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness in 2010 and played Jessica in the animated film Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare is a place where you can get to know your friends.

Other animated films starring Tom include Mulan II, Kim Possible Files, and The Wizard of the Stars. Bender's Big Score, Bender's Game, and The Wild Green Yonder are among the four Futurama films on Bender's Big Score.

On an episode of Turbo FAST, she sang Li Li Stormstout out in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and played Hayaku.

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